Irrigating-machine.



J. ROPP.

.IBRIGATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1911.

1,01 9,740. Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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J. ROPP.

IRRIGATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20. 1011.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

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UNITED srat gs rgnntr OFFICE.

JACOB ROPP, OF SAN DIMAS, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO ROPP MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA.

IRRIGATING-MACI-IINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed November 14, 1910, Serial No. 592,244.Divided and this application fiIed June 20, 1911. Serial No.'634,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB Born, a citizen of the United States, residingat San Dimas, California, have invented a new and usefulIrrigating-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to construct an irrigating machine especially adapted fororange groves and the like and my invention consists of the novelfeatures herein shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the irrigating machineembodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is the side elevationas seen looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 2 in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a perspective of the rear scraper shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig.-11 is a perspective of the front scraper shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5is a perspective of a scraper which may be substituted for the scrapershown in Fig. 3. Fig. (3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating my systemof irrigating an orange grove with my improved machine.

Referring to the d 'awing in detail, the carriage frame A is mountedupon four wheels and has side bars 1 and 2 substantially parallel witheach other. A beam 3 is connected'by a reach or tongue 1 to the sidebars 1 and 2 so that the meam may be raised or lowered. The irrigatingshovels 5 and 6 extend downwardly and forwardly from the ends of thebeam 3. A rock shaft 7 is mounted transversely of the side bars 1 and 2near the center of the machine, crank arms 8 extend forwardly from theends of the crank shaft 7 and the forward ends of the crank arms areconnected to the ends of the beam 3 by links 9. A crank arm 10 extendsupwardly from the center of the rock shaft 7 at right angles to the arms8. A hand lever rack and pawl 11 is mounted upon braces 12 and 13 and alink 14 connects the hand lever to the upper end of the crank arm 10 sothat by manipulating the hand lever the shovels 5 and 6 may be raisedand lowered. The front scraper B comprises a piece of heavy sheet ironbent at right angles to form a wing 15 extending crosswise of the furrowand a wing 16 extending longitudinally of the furrow and locateddirectly behind the center of the shovel 6. An arm 17 extends upwardlyand forwardly from the wing 16 and is pivotally connected to a bracket18 extending downwardly from the side bar 2. An arm 19 extends upwardlyfrom the wing 16 and the upper end of the arm is pivotally connected toa bell crank lever 20. A hand lever rack and pawl 21 is mounted upon theside bar 2 and con nected to the bell crank lever 20 by a link 22. Therear scraper C is formed of sheet metal and comprises a wing 23extending transversely of the furrow, the wing 2 1 extendinglongitudinally of the furrow at the inner end of the wing 23, theextension wing 25 extending outwardly from the outer end of the wing 23and the wing 26 extending forwardly and outwardly from the outer end ofthe wing 23. A bar 27 is rigidly fixed to the wing 23 and extendsforwardly and is pivotally connected to a bracket 28 extendingdownwardly from the side bar 2. A bell crank lever 29 is pivotallymounted above the bar 27 and the rear end of the bell crank lever 29 asconnected to the bar 27 by a link 30 and the upper end of the bell cranklever 29 is connected to the hand 10- ver mechanism 21 by a link 31 sothat by manipulating the hand lever mechanism the scrapers B and C maybe raised and lowered simultaneously. The scrapers B and C are the samedistance apart as the shovels 5 and 6.

The scraper 1) shown in perspective in Fig. 5 comprises a heavy sheetmetal plate bent to form the wings 32 and 33 extending cross-wise of thefurrows and the intermediate wings 34 and 35 bent slightly forardly soas to form a vertical ridge 36. The bars 37 are rigidly fixed to thesheet metal plate and when it is desired to use this scraper thescrapers B and C are removed and the forward ends of the bars 37 areattached to the brackets 28 and to the hand lever mechanism 21.

Referring to the diagram shown in Fig. (i, when it is desired tocommence irrigating an orange grove, the scraper D is applied to themachine, said scraper being long enough to reach across the two furrowsas they are formed by the shovels 5 and'G. The machine is run throughthe orchard to make the cross furrows 3S and the scraper D ismanipulated at suitable intervals to drop down and make a ditch 39,connecting the two furrows l0 and 11 and the earth scraped out informing the ditch 39 is left to form the dam 42 so as to connect thefurrows 40 and 11 through the ditch 39 and dam the furrows in front ofthe ditch.

After the orange grove has been thoroughly furrowed crosswise, thescraper D is removed and the scraper C is substituted. Then the machineis run through the orange grove in the direction crosswise of thefurrows 40 and 41, the shovels 5 and 6 making the furrows 43 and 4:4 andthe scrapers B and C are manipulated as the machine crosses the furrows4:0 and 41, the scraper B serving to clean the furrow tl and the scraperC serving to clean the furrow 40 and dam the furrow 441- between thefurrows 40 and 41. The scraper B only reaches to the center of thefurrow 44: whereas the scraper C reaches entirely across the furrow 4%.In this way an orange grove or the like may be thoroughly irrigated sothat the water will run entirely around the trees as shown by the blacklines in the diagram simply by driving my irrigating machines first oneway through the grove, and then the other way.

This application is a division of my application for combinationcultivator, filed November 14, 1910, Ser. No. 592,24A. In the formerapplication I claim a 'furrowing apparatus for making two furrows, anangled scraper mounted behind the apparatus for making one furrow, and asecond scraper mounted behind the first scraper and eX- tending thewidth of the two furrows, and I do not Wish to make such claim in thisapplication; but in this application I wish to claim a furrowingapparatus for making two furrows, a scraper mounted behind the apparatusfor making one furrow and a second scraper mounted behind the firstscraper and extending across the one furrow which is followed by thefirst scraper.

I claim:

1. In an irrigating machine a suitable carriage, a shovel carried by thecarriage, a scraper mounted behind the shovel and extending one way fromthe center of the furrow, a second scraper behind the first scraper andextending across the furrow, and means for operating the scraperssimultaneously;

2. In an irrigating machine a suitable carriage, two shovels carried bythe carriage in transverse alinement, a suitable distance apart, ascraper mounted behind one of the shovels and extending one way from thecenter of the furrow, a second scraper mounted behind the first scrapera distance equal to the distance between the shovels and extendingacross the furrow, and means for operating the scrapers simultaneouslyup and down.

3. In an irrigating machine a suitable carriage, a beam hingedly mountedtransversely of the carriage, shovels carried by the ends of the beam,means for raising and lowering the beam, a scraper mounted behind one ofthe shovels and extending one way from the center of the furrow, asecond scraper mounted behind the first scraper a distance equal to thedistance between the shovels and extending across the furrow, and meansfor raising and lowering the scrapers simultaneously.

' JACOB ROPP. Witnesses:

CLARENCE J. WVILLIAMs, WVM. S. NELLIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

